collider

First Reformed Trailer: Ethan Hawke Is a Man of Faith without Hope

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
collider

First Reformed Review: A Searing Meditation on Faith and Despair

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
SFGate

‘First Reformed,’ with Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried, is Paul Schrader at his best

The best artists don’t go soft as they get older. They become more intensely themselves, like there’s nothing to lose and no gain in lying. Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” is a film with that quality ...
Seattle Times

‘First Reformed’: A man of God struggles through a crisis of faith

Early in Paul Schrader’s provocative religious drama “First Reformed,” the Rev. Toller (Ethan Hawke) counsels a troubled parishioner that the human condition arises from our attempts to “hold hope and ...
WBUR

'First Reformed' Is 'A Form Of Prayer' In An Era Of Commodified Religion

“First Reformed” is the film Paul Schrader has been working toward for more than 40 years. A diamond-hard distillation of the themes and preoccupations he’s been wrestling with throughout his career, ...
The Daily Beast

‘First Reformed’ Is a Stunning Exploration of Faith in the Darkest of Times

The latest from writer-director Paul Schrader (‘Taxi Driver’) stars Ethan Hawke as a melancholy reverend in search of answers. Entertainment Critic In rural Upstate New York, Reverend Toller (Ethan ...
Yahoo

Ethan Hawke and Paul Schrader on how their masterful new 'First Reformed' stands out among summer movies

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethan Hawke, left, and Amanda Seyfried in a scene from First Reformed. (Photo: A24 via AP) “What really thrilled me was, I was 20 ...
National Review

The Travis Bickle of Climate Change

How Garry Trudeau and William F. Buckley Bridged Partisan Divides A Hollywood Revenge Sermon The Drama Half-Says a Lot About American Life Audio By Carbonatix Paul Schrader’s new film explores ...
IndieWire

‘First Reformed’: 5 Ways Paul Schrader’s Hit Exemplifies the Best in Indie Film

The drama starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried is smart, debatable, entertaining, and refuses to pander. It also could get some prizes. Film critic Dave Kehr is now a curator in the film ...
Los Angeles Times

In ‘First Reformed,’ Ethan Hawke gave the performance of the year — and of his brilliantly unorthodox career

In “First Reformed,” Ethan Hawke almost never raises his voice. His character, the Rev. Ernst Toller, is a former Army chaplain who leads a small Protestant church in upstate New York, where he ...
Vulture

First Reformed

Paul Schrader Thought His Career Was Over. Then He Made His Best Film in Years.After iffy collaborations with porn stars and Nicolas Cage, the writer-director is back with the buzzy First Reformed.